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A report released Wednesday shows that about 60 million metric tons of food is wasted a year in the United States, a problem that contributes to climate change and to the loss of natural resources like water and land.

January 28, 2015, Wednesday

The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa could double the number of people facing hunger in the three worst-affected countries to more than one million by March, two United Nations agencies warned Wednesday.

December 18, 2014, Thursday

One year after mass violence broke out in South Sudan, battles between government forces and rebels continued, and aid officials said that international assistance was needed to help residents stave off mass hunger.

December 15, 2014, Monday

During the civil war of the 1990s, irrigation systems were damaged, plantations were abandoned, farmers were displaced and storage facilities and ports destroyed. Now, the banana is making a tentative comeback in Somalia.